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> > What Ali cannot countenance is the possibility that Sinn Fein represent a >> mass movement which is part of a historical mass struggle against British >> Imperialism in Ireland. Whatever one thinks of the current leadership of >> Sinn Fein and I do not carry the banner for Adams & co the m movement >> itself has a radical past and I believe a trajectory which the leadership >> do not totally control. Sinn Fein like the Scottish Nationalists (SNP) >> have taken up the anti-austerity cause & they have done very well through >> doing so. >> > It is, I suspect, because of their link to nationalism that Ali ( & co) would prefer to talk of Syriza and Podemos. Ireland has always been something of a blind spot for the British Left and in particular the NLR circle (& the Tafftites and the ISO). We have now in Ireland a mass response to austerity, just as we have in Scotland. They deserve not to be dismissed, for who knows whether in the medium term they may not play as decisive and progtressive a role as that of of the radical Keynesians of Syriza. comradely Gary _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
